The Road ( Jol ) ( La Route )

The Road (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Jol
Alternate Title: La Route
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
155 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Short Film

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )
Kazakhstan ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Darezhan Omirbayev

Written By:
Darezhan Omirbayev
Limara Zjeksembayeva

Actors:
Jamshed Usmonov ..... Amir Kobessov
Saule Toktybayeva ..... Amir's mother
Alnur Turgambayeva ..... Amir's wife
Magjane Omirbayev ..... Amir's son/Amir as a child
Valeria Gouliaeva ..... Veronika, the waitress
Valeria Guliyaeva ..... Veronika, the waitress
Valeri Skoribov ..... Censorship agent
Moukhamedjane Alpisbaev ..... Amir's school friend
Serik Aprimov ..... The avenging brother

Synopsis:

If the visual expression of artistic process in Federico Fellini's surreal and reflexive film, 8 1/2 were to be distilled into the spare, elemental cinema of Abbas Kiarostami, the result would likely be similar to Darezhan Omirbaev's evocatively muted, endearing, innately affectionate, and poetic film, The Road. A pensive director named Amir Kobessov (played by fellow Kazhakstanian filmmaker, Jamshed Usmanov) is currently in the process of editing his next film (based on Omirbaev's Killer) when he receives a telegram informing him of his mother's illness and is encouraged by his wife to return to his rural hometown and pay a visit. Alternately reflecting on dilemmas of artistic integrity, cultural and traditional reverence, self-doubt, inspiration, marital friction, fidelity, physical attraction, and familial estrangement, The Road is a visually sublime and understatedly metaphoric insight into the creative - and innately human - struggle of the contemplative soul.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 31 August, 2009.

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